People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.